Ak Antony

'Ak Antony' - 305 News Result(s)

Senior Congress leader AK Antony said on Monday that Opposition leaders will meet President Ram Nath Kovind under the leadership of party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to lodge their protest against the government over police action against students of the Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University who were protesting against Citizenship Am...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi met senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, AK Antony and KC Venugopal on Tuesday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra and the way forward for the party on government formation, sources said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has referred the issue of the public spat involving party leader Digvijaya Singh and a Madhya Pradesh minister to the party's central disciplinary committee, a senior leader said on Sunday.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is "misguiding" people on the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France and advised him to approach her predecessor AK Antony of the Congress to understand the process of defence procurement.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad rejected on Wednesday the Congress demand for a probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying an inquiry cannot be set up only to satisfy the ego of an "ill-informed" leader of the opposition party who "repeats lies".

Senior Congress leader A K Antony today accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of suppressing facts on the Rafale deal and asked why the government was shying away from setting up a joint parliament committee to probe it.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed P Chidambaram as the chairman of Manifesto Committee, AK Antony as the chairman of Coordination committee and Anand Sharma as the chairman of Publicity Committee for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, said party sources.

The negotiations for procurement of 126 Rafale jets under the UPA government fell through as state-run HAL did not have the required capability to produce the jets in India in collaboration with French company Dassault Aviation, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

Former Defence Minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony on Sunday asked the government to reveal the purchase price and other terms and conditions of the Rafale fighter deal with France to clear doubts about the controversial defence contract.

As Congress president Rahul Gandhi kept up his attacks on the government for refusing to table details of the Rs 58,000-crore Rafale fighter aircraft deal, the Defence Ministry today defended its decision to maintain confidentiality and accused the Congress of attempting to "twist facts".

'Ak Antony' - 305 News Result(s)

Senior Congress leader AK Antony said on Monday that Opposition leaders will meet President Ram Nath Kovind under the leadership of party chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday to lodge their protest against the government over police action against students of the Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University who were protesting against Citizenship Am...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi met senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjun Kharge, AK Antony and KC Venugopal on Tuesday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra and the way forward for the party on government formation, sources said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has referred the issue of the public spat involving party leader Digvijaya Singh and a Madhya Pradesh minister to the party's central disciplinary committee, a senior leader said on Sunday.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is "misguiding" people on the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with France and advised him to approach her predecessor AK Antony of the Congress to understand the process of defence procurement.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad rejected on Wednesday the Congress demand for a probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying an inquiry cannot be set up only to satisfy the ego of an "ill-informed" leader of the opposition party who "repeats lies".

Senior Congress leader A K Antony today accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of suppressing facts on the Rafale deal and asked why the government was shying away from setting up a joint parliament committee to probe it.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi appointed P Chidambaram as the chairman of Manifesto Committee, AK Antony as the chairman of Coordination committee and Anand Sharma as the chairman of Publicity Committee for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, said party sources.

The negotiations for procurement of 126 Rafale jets under the UPA government fell through as state-run HAL did not have the required capability to produce the jets in India in collaboration with French company Dassault Aviation, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

Former Defence Minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony on Sunday asked the government to reveal the purchase price and other terms and conditions of the Rafale fighter deal with France to clear doubts about the controversial defence contract.

As Congress president Rahul Gandhi kept up his attacks on the government for refusing to table details of the Rs 58,000-crore Rafale fighter aircraft deal, the Defence Ministry today defended its decision to maintain confidentiality and accused the Congress of attempting to "twist facts".